Calculations can be done linear or geometrically non-linear to consider the real behavior of large deflections.This option can be chosen in any combination of static or dynamic calculations, contact approaches or insulated glass.

To design glass a lot of different Codes worldwide are available. To cover most of them, the design Formula can in addition to some given Norm templates be written by the user himself.
A formula interpreter will derive any formula given by the user. Variables from A to K entered in a table for each type of glass can be used in the formula.

• DIN 18008
• TRAV/TRLV (old German Guideline)
• NEN 2608
• DIN EN 16612
• CAN CGSB
• Ö-Norm B3716
• SIA 2057
• ASTM E1300 (very limited usage)

In parallel to the check the glass strength according to special Norms, it's also possible to set up automatically relevant load cases according to the selected Norm.

Here a special routine will set up all possible combinations by regarding special rules for their set up.
All safety factors for the main and the secondary loads can be entered in a code template table, so that code relevant combinations using the correct safety factors are performed. In addition some additional combination rules can be adjusted like the max. number of loads in parallel, if a load only as stand alone or in special combinations should be checked.

All generated load cases can be modified, copied, deleted or rearranged. Such special load case tables can also be stored to be used in next projects.

To check the behavior of broken glass panels this option can be used. You can either check the strength of a laminate with fully broken glass layers (e.g. FT broken in small pieces) or doing an investigation of the probable crack propagation (AN or HT).

Depending on the given strength of the intermediate foil layer the complex behavior of touching glass splinters under compression or tension are considered. Alternatively a probable crack propagation can be followed for not fully tempered glass.

The whole program is build for 64 bit operating systems, what allows to consider any system size. Additionally you can decide wether In-Core (IC) or Out-Of-Core (OOC) technique for largest systems having need for more memory than in RAM shall be used. In addition multi-processor CPU's are considered all times, to solve equation systems in shortest possible time.